In honor of our 50th Episode, Robby chatted with past guests Jackie The Educator, DJ Chuang, Patrick Chappell, Lex The Advocate, Brooke Hempell, and Ricky Ortiz on a fun and laid-back Praise Hands Podcast 50th Episode Zoom Party, including a quick appearance from Robby’s wife Bria Jean Valderrama. Watch the Zoom on YouTube, or hear audio-only on your podcast app of choice.
To celebrate, we’re giving away a 3-book bundle on 3/18/21:
• Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
• Next Worship by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
• Reading While Black by Dr. Esau McCaulley
Listen around the hour-mark for details on how to enter to win, as well for an exciting announcement from Robby on a living legend who he’ll be interviewing shortly for a new episode.
Time Codes (along with guest’s original episode title):
0:00:33 Patrick Chappell (EP28 “The Myth Of "Organic" Diversity”)
Hear Patrick share about his new role as a campus pastor, and about the ways his church is looking to move past traditional models to reach and empower their neighbors. Also, hear about his unfiltered, unashamed obsession with the rock band Weezer.
0:30:30 Lex The Advocate (EP5 “Sex Trafficking: A Survivor's Story”)
Hear Lex share about her new role with Exodus Cry fighting sex trafficking through films, public policy, survivor care, and directly confronting pornographic channels.
0:52:00 Barna Group’s Brooke Hempell (EP26 “Data And Diversity: A Call To Dig Deeper”)
0:57:50 DJ Chuang (EP22 “Cultural Competency, Shame, And Generosity”)
Hear Brooke share about her new podcast “Race And Redemption”, and hear both Brooke and DJ share about their experience and data findings surrounding the church’s status through the global health crisis. Learn about DJ’s new podcast and other issues (such as generosity and church health during 2020) from an Asian American Christian leader’s perspective.
1:17:08 Thank You’s and Fake Ending
1:19:53 Jackie The Educator (EP8 “Hurt, Hustle, and Healing in Black America”)
Hear about the mind-blowing growth of Jackie’s Black Christian Influencers, along with the story of how Robby and Jackie’s connection led to their friendship and Kingdom collaboration.
1:25:57 Ricky Ortiz (EP27 “Rethinking Urban Church Planting”)
Hear Ricky share about his experience pastoring a NYC church plant that had 65% of its members displaced due to Covid-related moves. Hear him share vulnerably about how he realized that his church as a whole wasn’t as committed to their neighborhood as he had hoped, and what he’s doing to encourage a new culture of outreach and mutual accountability.
About Praise Hands Podcast
Each week on the Praise Hands Podcast, join Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists at the American intersection of church, race, music, and economics. Support the show at http://praisehands.com/donate.